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Healthy people 'should not take aspirin to prevent heart attack'' - Daily Telegraph 3rd November 2009
"Healthy people should not take aspirin to prevent a heart attack becuase routinely taking the drug does them more harm than good, experts have warned. "
World's first heart surgery using radiation"Drugs of Abuse" "Evidence Based Practice" Politics Legisltion Health News UHN
"A British man has become the first person in the world to undergo heart surgery using radiation. "
Gentle exercise can cut heart disease deaths by 60 per cent - Daily Telegraph 2nd November 2009
"Gentle exercise can cut the danger of early heart disease, Britain’s biggest killer, according to reports of a scientific study. "
Under the microscope: Pete Waterman on contracting shingles while judge of Pop Idol - Daily Mail 3rd November 2009
"In our health quiz this week, pop music mogul Pete Waterman, 62, talks about his love of chips, his own male menopause and the illness that could have caused him to go blind."
Aspirin 'only for heart patients' - BBC Health News 3rd November 2009
"The use of aspirin to ward off heart attacks and strokes in those who do not have obvious cardiovascular disease should be abandoned, researchers say.
The Drugs and Therapeutics Bulletin (DTB) study says aspirin can cause serious internal bleeding and does not prevent cardiovascular disease deaths."
Blunder at top clinic sparks fresh IVF fears- The Independent on Sunday 1st November 2009
"A serious blunder at one of Britain's top fertility clinics dramatically increased the risk its patients would suffer a miscarriage or give birth to a child with serious health problems, sparking fresh fears about how IVF centres are run in the wake of a series of scandals."
Operation saves woman with back-to-front heart - Daily Telegraph 31st October 2009
"Doctors treating a 28-year-old stroke victim were amazed to discover her illness had been caused by a back-to-front heart. "
Why chest pain is not always the sign of a heart attack - Daily Mail 31st October 2009
"Although heart attacks have become more common in middle-aged women in the past two decades, according to new studies, their chances of survival are still greater than those of men. However, there are many symptoms similar to those of myocardial infarction - heart attack - that can be caused by other conditions. "
Stem cell 'gives my heart hope' - BBC Health News 27th October 2009
"Six years ago, Dean Third was just like any other family man - then one afternoon everything changed. He suddenly collapsed.
"I never thought at all that I would be struck down with something that would affect my life in the way it did," he said. "
Fat hips increase risk of blood clots, study claims - Daily Telegraph 27th October 2009
"Excess weight on women's hips and men's waistlines increases the risk of blood clots in middle-aged people, research suggests. "
Middle aged women have more heart attacks, but survival chances rise - Daily Telegraph 27th October 2009
"Heart attacks have become more common in middle-aged women over the past two decades but a woman's chances of survival have greatly increased, two studies showed."
Health news: How a £3 jab in your mouth can stop snoring, eating dates may prevent heart attacks and a spray of insulin could help beat depression - Daily Mail 27th October 2009
"Health stories from around the world this week include a new method to stopping snoring, how eating dates may prevent heart attacks and using insulin spray to beat depression."
Heart attack rate rising for middle-aged women - Daily Mail 27th October 2009
"Heart attacks are becoming more common in middle-aged women, researchers say.
The traditional gender gap has narrowed over the past 20 years, with the risk in midlife rising in women and continuing to fall in men, it is claimed. "
Middle-aged women at greater risk of of heart attacks finds US study - The Times 26th October 2009
"Heart attacks are becoming increasingly common among middle-aged women, according to new research.
A study of more than 8,000 Americans found that although men still had more heart attacks than women, the gap between the sexes was narrowing. "
We'll soon be building new hearts to order in just 24 hours say stem cell scientists- Daily Mail 26th October 2009
"Dean Third used to look forward to weekends spent refereeing local football matches, and outings with his young family. But now even walking to the end of the road can leave him breathless and exhausted.
For the past four years, the father of four has suffered from dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), a disease of the heart muscle which causes it to enlarge, affecting its ability to pump blood to the arteries. "
Women have 'same heart symptoms' - BBC Health News 25th October 2009
"It is a myth that women have different heart attack symptoms compared to men, according to Canadian researchers.
A study presented at the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress found no gender differences in symptoms after studying 305 patients undergoing angioplasty. "
Low dose radiation 'harms heart' - BBC Health News 22nd October 2009
"Low doses of radiation can cause cardiovascular disease, according to work carried out by mathematicians at Imperial College.
They have constructed a model which suggests that the risk would increase as the dose increases. "
Double tragedy as husband and wife die within minutes of each other of 'heart attacks' - Daily Mail 19th October 2009
"A devoted couple each died of a heart attack within minutes of one another, neighbours said tonight.
Stewart Whitfield, 56, had just dialled 999 for his wife, Olga, 61, when he too suffered heart failure."
Half of specialist heart units for children face closure under radical Government plans - The Sunday Telegraph 18th October 2009
"Half of the country's specialist heart surgery units for children face closure under controversial Government plans. "
PETER DUNCAN: Statins? No thanks... I never even take an aspirin - Daily Mail 17th October 2009
"When I was ten, my father Alan suffered a heart attack. He was 49. The treatment in the early Sixties for coronary thrombosis was hospital bed rest and blood-thinning tablets.
Cholesterol and the most widely prescribed drug in humankind - the statin - had not been invented yet. "
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